Neuro-vascular Hila of Limb Muscles

M.C., M.A., M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.C.S.(Ed.), F.R.S.E. (Pp. xvi + 100; plates 30. 30s.) Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1955. AN atlas and text on the sites and mode of entry of the principal arteries and nerves supplying the limb muscles has been compiled from new observations carried out at Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Leeds, and Glasgow on dissecting-room material, and from special dissections and radiographs. The present volume replaces the original brochure on the upper limb issued to Peripheral Nerve Centres in 1945. In all, some seventy upper limbs and about the same number of lower limbs were examined on a uniform scheme. Diagrams showing the more usual modes of entry of nerves and arteries have been prepared for the main muscle groups, and detailed information for each muscle is given in the accompanying text. The most frequently occurring pattern of supply, the percentage incidence and the number of observations are recorded for each muscle. The findings of previous workers are also recorded, and a very useful comparative table showing the levels of nerve entry is given at the end of the book. An excellent and authoritative work which is highly commended as a source of accurate information to those dealing with problems of the nerve and blood supply of the limb muscles. W. R. M. M.